Automobile-signal.



1. M. GLASSIVIEYER.

AUTOMOBILE SIGNAL.

APPUCATION FILED JULY 29.19x5.

Patented Mar. 7, 1916.

2 SHEETSSHEETI Swami Y.

J. Nl. GLASSMEYERt AUTOMOBILE SIGNAL.

APPLICATION FLLED JULY 29 I Lgf-74ML.,

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GF ST. LOUIS, MSSOURI,

AUT liDEILE-SIGNL.

application tiled July 29, 19l5.

Bo it known that i JOHN M. Graissl l n --r n Q Moran, a citizen of tbc Lnitori @totes oi .incrica csialing in tlic city ci; St. Louis irate in' tcrgl con tain ncrv anti` usc'iul improvement liuto molino-Signals, oi? which tbc oilon'ing is a full. clear. and cict description, rcfcrcncc boingliafl to iii@ accompanying drawing,

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this spccilication. iiy inrcntion rela s to iinp'loroinnts in signaling use on automobiles anal other Tcli'iclcs.

. (inc of tbc obiects of the invention is to produce a simple unil incnpensii'c means for siffnalinf; tbc traflic officer and otlicr perns: in 'frontof tbc automobile to which the al is an? (i, at tlic same time signalingA 'tbc i'iv 1 oi .'oliiclcs .rear oi' 'the autoxnobiie.

Tho preferred form of tbc invention conipriscs a housing pi'oriucfl .i'itli two indicators arranged to bc sccn Jfrom tbc Jfront of tbc anti .nobilc mail afiaptci to indicato tbc (lircctiou in ulncli tbc infxcliiine is about to or' iii housing; is prefer frita tc of? lli issou ri,

i; pro\'i i a (lang/ici' indicator ar i cil to bc i'icwoil 'roin tbc rear o'f the Tiro housing livificfi into indicaauouiobiio. u linnn compariiincnts Jfor cach tor) and tbc lamps in said compartments nizw bc cncz'jgincd to iiluniinatc citiicr of tlic tion indicators and the danger indicatlio somo time.

i, im tlic orcgoing (l otlicr objects in rior: tbc inrcrtion miinpi'iscs 'tbc novel con- ,ction1 @combination and arrangcincnt parte; licreinaitcr niorc spocitica described and illus'ratcd in tbc accompanying' drawings wlicrcin shown tbc prc'tcrrecl cmbofliiucnt of .tbc invention, however, it ist@ be unifmstooil that tbc invention coinpielicniis cbangggcs` rariatious and modifications u'liicli como within thc scopc of tbe clain'is hercunio ailibcn'lcil.

lfigurofi a pian .'icw ci' a portion @if an in uwmobilo7 snowing mj; signaling rlcvicc, toc wiring' and switclics boing shown (ila- "calljsn Fi Ail is a. View of tlic zricc. Fig. Ui is a front vicif. an cniarggcK/'crtical section taken tbc two lamp compartinonts at the liouai gg. if" V vcrtical roz-zin'iaiciy on i1; section TL F 1g.

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,fpocflcation o 'Letters atcnt.

Serial No. 42,585.

1V. VH is a diagrarnmatical View of the electrical elements of thc device. l

designates a housing providcii with ay supporing arm l adapted to oo secured to an autoi'nobilc, as shown 'in Fig. i, so tba. the front Wall of thc housing may bc soon from'rlic 'lront of thc automobile While the rear wall is visiblefrom tbc rear of the automobile. The housing comprises a. top wall 2` a bottom wall 3, and @nel Walls fi and from boing seen when tbe automobile is not l about to stop or turn, F is prc'fcrably coveicfi glass panel F.

The i'car Kali of tbc houslng includes an n n l l r j l 1 illuminable section prcicrablv a glass panel provided with the Word slowmanfi constituting a danger signal. A translu'ccnt the A indicator section by a translucent panel, or wall section l covcrstlic inrlicatorfr-5-- as to normally conceal thc incliln Fig. H, the nicmbcrl is to slifw the (langer indi-- section E so eating words. broken away color P.. 1 .l r The housing is divided into three lamp compartments' G, H and respectively, by moans ot' a drawer-like lamp lioldcr slid ablyr ttecl to the housing, and provided with lampsv 7, 3 and` 9. rEliis drawer-lilac device comprises the mcinbcr i which.l constitutes an and Wall of thc liousinga vorticai partition member 1Q xcd to saifl member 4i :unl a. horizontal .partition mcmbcr 1i 'ixed to the members i and l0. The partition members 10 anti lrtnd from one cn ot tbc housing to the other, to provicle' thc two 'iront compartments G and H. and the single rear compartment i, see Fig V. Tho drawer-'like partition dci'icc, or lamp bolder, is materially reinforced by upper and lower Webs 'i2 and 13 extending from tbc 'cn-l nicnxbcr 4 to a point. near time miiiicllc of clic nousingi and provided with margina fiangcs if and 113 which engage tbe. glass indicator nicnibcrs and i?.

i9 designates retainers secured to the housing' at a point beyond the Webs 'i2 anti.

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'one or silll of the switches.

the rear,1 and the left astened together, endthet said device mayv the purpose of inspecting or repairing. the

ll designates s handle securedjiio one end 'of the drawer-like device, end 15 is e screw. extending from the oibher end and passing through `the housing. A not 16, fitted lo she vscrew l5, serves :is means for detachebly securing the drawer-like device to the heus' lng. l

. Electric-switches 7', 8 and 9 (Figs. I and "VID are electrically connected to a battery 20, the letter being connected to the lamps 7, 8 and?. The switches are provided with cominci;v members to Which the lamps ere electrically connected7 so that `any one or all ofthe lamps may be energized by closing lli-using the device,lth`e' operaibor may close to energize the lamp 9 independently of the remaining lamps, thus illuminating the rear indicator element R es e Warning to' the drivers of vehicles at "che rear of the device. lf 1he operator mobile immediately before burning s corner, he may signal the drivers et the rein of., end e trac oiiicer or automobiie, by closing J@he switch 9 to illuminate the rear indicator7 and also closone of lthe switches i" or 8 to illuminate one of 'the direction indicators :it the front of the device. `For example, before vturning to the left, the opeilfator will close two of the switches'io illuminate the slow signal at signal at Ehe front the switch 9'4 pedestrians in front of the signal, shown by dotted lines'm beA readily withdrawn from che housing for `is about to stop the outer'.

into lamp i, wreef.

of the device, es indicated by full iines in Figs. H end Hi. lin Ithis event -ehe ri will be concealed by the tiensluceni; 1g: se enel 4ii while the ,other signals sie' dimmi p 7 ca noted by the lamps the compersinens .and i.

i claim:

l.. An automobile `signal comprising housing having sivo lluniinable indicoor members et one of its sides and en illumi- 'neble indicator member' ai; the opposite side,

a drawer-like lamp' holder slidably 'ibed to said housing and provided wie-h pert'i'ion members whereby the housing is divided compartments, each of seid indi cater members being arranged to constitute a Wall of one of seid lmnp compartments, ciectric lamps arranged seid lmnp conin pertinents end secured to lamp holder, and a. selective energizing device adopted toenergize seid lamps. y

2. An automobile signal comprising housing having a. pair of illumineble direction indicators et one of its sides end on illuminnble danger indicator at the opposite side, o drawer-like lomp holder slidebly fitted to said housing and provided with parti'nion members which lie et en. angle each other so este divide seid housing inio a plurality of lmnp compartiments, each of seid indicator members being arranged io constitute e Wall of one of said lmnp coinpertnients, electric lamps arranged in lamp compartments and secured to s id drawerlike lamp holder et points on o)L posits .sides of its partition me1nbers.,end a seiec'zive energizing device associated with said electric lamps. l

" JOHN M. GLASSMEY seid drawerdiiie 'l li 

